POKEMON PLATINUM WALKTHROUGH

Team Galactic Showdown

Exit the gym and heal up. Teach one of your Pokemon Rock Climb and return to the Acuity Lakefront. Inspect the row of rocks leading up the ledge and use Rock Climb to ascend the cliff. Enter Lake Acuity and you'll see your rival lose to Galactic Commander Jupiter, who will escape to the Galactic HQ in Veilstone City. Head there now.

At the Galactic HQ in the northeast side of town, talk to the Galactic Grunt by the satellites and he'll scurry off. The Detective will appear and talk to you. Head to the warehouse on the other side of town and as you examine the doors, the Detective will burst in, open the doors for you, and head into the basement. Follow him downstairs.

Make your way all the way east until you reach a flight of stairs. Head up two flights of stairs to reach two warp pad. The warp pad on the right leads to TM49 - Snatch. Return and take the left warp pad and continue on until you reach some stairs and a Galactic Grunt. If you take the warp pad to the left, it'll lead you to the basement again where you can find TM36 - Sludge Bomb, as well as the Galactic Key. Now you can open any door in the Galactic HQ. If you return to the place with the Grunt and the stairs, you can head up the stairs to get TM21 - Frustration. Exit the HQ through the Warehouse entrance and make your way to the Galactic HQ main entrance.

Inside, use the Galactic Key to open the door and head up the stairs. Continue until you reach the television room with a Scientist inside. The two warps on the far right of the corridor take you to a Green Shard and a Max Revive. Take the warp pad inside the TV room and you'll teleport to an assembly area where the Detective is quietly observing Cyrus addressing a whole group of Grunts. After the speech, the Detective will head off so follow him and take the warp pad. You'll teleport right by some beds where you can heal up. Head up the stairs and to the end of the corridor where you'll find three warp pads. The two at the top will take you to a Max Elixir and a Protein, and the one on the left will lead you to Galactic's Boss, Cyrus.

A good Fighting move (like Staraptor's Close Combat) should take down Sneasel in one hit. Finish off Crobat and Honchrow with some Ice, Electric or Rock moves that exploit their Flying-type weaknesses. Crobat can be really annoying if it manages to hit you with Supersonic. After the battle, you'll receive the Master Ball which has a 100% capture rate on any Pokemon. Follow him to the warp pad on the far right of the room (the warp pad at the top will lead you to the assembly area) and head past the research pods into the back room. You'll find the three Pokemon Azelf, Mesprit and Uxie being imprisoned, and Saturn and Pluto guarding them. Talk to Saturn and he'll battle you.

Not too difficult of a battle, again use a Psychic-type against Golbat and Toxicroak, and a Fire-type against Bronzor. Beware of Confuse Ray from both Golbat and Bronzor. After you defeat Saturn, press the red button on the green machine in the middle of the room to free the mirage Pokemon. Return to the room where you battled Cyrus and head south to access the green warp pad. This will take you to the Galactic HQ entrance.

Climbing Mt. Coronet

Heal up and head to Oreburgh City. It's another long journey ahead, so take some items along and make sure your Pokemon are well trained - if you had troubles with the past few battles, you should consider getting to level 50 or so. Take a Pokemon with Rock Climb, Surf, Strength and Rock Smash, then when you're ready, head east to Mt. Coronet via Route 207.

When you're inside, use Surf on the body of water just to the north. Take the narrow path and use Rock Climb to ascend the cliff, then take the stairs to the second level. There are a few items lying around, as well as an exit to Route 207 where you can pick up a Timer Ball and an Iron. The stairs to the third floor are through an opening in the north face of the cave, so cross the wooden bridges and make your way there. As you do, the Detective will catch up to you and give you a Black Flute. Continue on; at the fork, going down the stairs leads you to a dead end with a hidden Star Piece, heading up the stairs leads you past some Galactic Grunts and outside into the snowy slopes of Mt. Coronet.

Follow the path and use Rock Climb to scale the wall. There's a cave opening to the east, but you need to use Waterfall inside the cave to proceed. The second Rock Climb face will lead you to a ledge where you can find a hidden Star Piece. The remaining option is to head west where there's another cave opening. Head inside and follow the path around the water to the cave exit.

Outside again, head down the stairs into the ravine. The cave opening there can be used to get back to Route 211 between Eterna City and Celestic Town, but it's currently guarded by some Galactic Grunts who won't let you through, so instead, use Rock Climb on the western wall. Circle around to the west cliff of Mt. Coronet and enter the mountain from the entrance there. Follow the stairs up, battling the Galactic Grunts along the way until you reach the outside again.